World Series of Poker news.
The Big One for One Drop Invitational announced last week that it has locked up 35 players to participate in the €1 million blockbuster poker tournament. The Invitational is part of a week-long Big One for One Drop Extravaganza taking place October 13th through October 17th at the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco; the Big… Read more »
A week from today marks the beginning of ESPN’s fall coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker; within the past week, the “Worldwide Leader” released the complete schedule for the weekly broadcasts. Oh, how times have changed. Whereas a decade ago, we might have seen a number of preliminary events in addition to the… Read more »
The poker boom’s origin story begins in 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event. ESPN’s television coverage was coming of age, allowing millions of viewers to revel in the victory of an amateur with the glorious poker name. It was also the first time that most people had heard of… Read more »
Day 7 of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event began with 27 players filling three tables and finally ended at around midnight Pacific time as the nine member of the final table – best known in the poker world as the “November Nine” – were determined. Leading the way is New York’s Cliff… Read more »
Since early on in the 2016 World Series of Poker, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Jason Mercier was going to claim the WSOP Player of the Year (POY) title and while he did, it was not until yesterday, that he could say the award was officially his. With Paul Volpe’s ouster from the… Read more »
Here we are. The 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event field was whittled from 80 players down to just 27 on Sunday. The next step: determine the November Nine. Those 27 remaining players will get together at noon Pacific time on Monday and will play as long as it takes to get down to… Read more »
Two days from now, the “November Nine” will be determined for the 2016 World Series of Poker Championship Event. As for Saturday, the 251 players who came back for Day 5 action had their minds set just on making it through another day. 80 men were able to keep the dream alive after another grinding… Read more »
The tension is beginning to mount in the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino’s Amazon Room in Las Vegas as the final days of the 2016 World Series of Poker’s Championship Event are in action. With only 251 players remaining from the monstrous 6737 player field, WSOP bracelet winner Bryan Piccioli is the player that… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker Championship Event saw the entirety of the field come together for the first time. The 2186 players who had been fortunate enough to battle through the alphabet soup mix of Day Ones and Twos were now faced with the challenge of surviving another large field and actually making it… Read more »
The final Day Two is in the books at the 2016 World Series of Poker Championship Event and, although he would emerge with the day’s largest stack, Day 2C chip leader Gustavo Lopes wasn’t able to catch the man who is the overall chip leader, Valentin Vornicu. A massive throng of 3252 players – larger… Read more »
As the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event rolls on, we are still in that weird-feeling portion of the tournament in which the field is carved into pieces. We already had the three starting flights, but the Main Event is so big that even on Day 2, the field has to be split… Read more »
If you play poker, you will inevitably play against some unsavory characters. I suppose in everything we do in life, we have dealings with people we love and people we would rather see trip on the sidewalk and chip a tooth. But poker seems to bring out the creeps sometimes. Enter Chris Ferguson and Howard… Read more »
As my colleague Earl Burton reported yesterday, the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event, better known as the Main Event, needed nearly 4,000 players to belly up to the tables on Monday’s final starting flight in order for the total field to eclipse last year’s number of 6,420 entrants. Not a… Read more »
As the 2016 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event played out its second Day 1 on Sunday, two tournaments were looking to crown champions. The “Big One High Roller” concluded its action late Sunday night, while the Ladies’ Champion was crowned in rapid fashion on Sunday afternoon. Event #65 – $10,000 Ladies’ No Limit… Read more »
While the first Day One for the 2016 World Series of Poker’s Championship Event was held on Saturday, several other tournaments either wrapped up or were near their conclusion. In one event in particular, a popular professional player picked up the second leg of poker’s Triple Crown in winning a WSOP bracelet. Event #63 –… Read more »
Saturday marked the beginning of the 2016 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event, but there was still some unfinished business around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino to take care of first. In fact, one of the final “big money” tournaments of the WSOP was extended a day to determine its championship, among… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker crept closer to its Championship Event with the conclusion of the inaugural Tag Team event on Friday. With several top-notch pros entered into the event, it was the duo of Doug Polk and Ryan Fee who walked away as champions. Event #61 – $1000 Tag Team No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker is lumbering to its featured tournament – the $10,000 Championship Event – but there’s still some work left to do with the preliminary events. The final table is set in the inaugural Tag Team tournament, while the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha field has been whittled down to the final… Read more »
In one of the best battles so far at this year’s World Series of Poker, Brian Rast was able to outlast a strong Justin Bonomo to make history in winning his second $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. When the final table for the PPC began on Wednesday, Rast wasn’t the only person with a shot at… Read more »
Three late-20’s poker pros each won the first gold bracelet of their careers yesterday at the 2016 World Series of Poker. Let’s take a quick look to see what went on: David Peters – Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 29-year old poker pro David Peters finally broke through, besting a field of 1,860 players one… Read more »
The highlight of the World Series of Poker is quite obviously the $10,000 Main Event and that is coming up in a few days, but right now, all eyes are on the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. The high stakes mixed game event is largely seen as the “real” championship, the one… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) released the schedule for the thirteenth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit Tuesday, a schedule which features 22 tour stops in the United States plus six more international stops. The centerpiece of the schedule appears to be Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. The WSOP Circuit season begins… Read more »
While it may not be the homestretch, the end of the 2016 World Series of Poker – at least the summertime run – is in view with more than 50 events completed. A burgeoning pro and a player who already had multiple pieces of WSOP bling picked up bracelets while a veteran of the high… Read more »
With only about two weeks to go (and another 19 or so tournaments in the canister), poker professional Jason Mercier is threatening to make the race for the 2016 World Series of Poker Player of the Year a runaway. Mercier has been a runaway train since the start of the 2016 WSOP, fired in part… Read more »
The 2016 World Series of Poker is steaming into July, but not before awarding several important championships. The first woman to win an open WSOP event has been determined for 2016, while a trio of top professionals emerged victorious from their particular events. Event #46 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em Bounty Tournament Battling through a… Read more »
